Volume 3 The First Entry into the Eunuch Stream Chapter 118 Natural and Man-made Disasters (II)
"What did you say?" Rao is Zhong Yu's Qi cultivation kung fu has always been good, and he has gone through a lot of ups and downs, but after hearing Sun Tu's secret report, he was still shocked and exclaimed. He really didn't expect that in just over half an hour, Sun Tu would be able to find out such a terrible thing.
After a while, he calmed down a little and asked cautiously: "Sun Dutou, this matter is not a joke, do you have any evidence?" "If it is found out that the fire in Changxingfang was set by someone, its nature is almost like rebellion, this is Bianliang City, Tokyo.
Sun Tu shook his head slightly: "Although I have seen some clues, the conclusive evidence has not yet been found." Moreover, this fire burned the entire Changxingfang into ruins, and even if there was anything left, it would have been burned clean by the fire. ”
"Then this matter ......" Zhong Yu wanted to say that it was better to report this matter as a natural disaster, otherwise he, an official of the Street Division, would not be able to escape the blame, and Sun Tu, as the person who investigated and dealt with the case, would not be happy, after all, it was not easy to find out the truth. But he couldn't say this, after all, it was about dozens of human lives and thousands of families.
Sun Tu glanced at the other party, and also guessed the idea of wanting to make a big thing small, and his heart suddenly became irritable. This is the first reaction of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty after the incident, what they want is not the truth, but to cover up. But this is not the time to turn his face with him, he said at the moment: "Zhong Sizheng, the officials and subordinates do have some eyebrows in this matter, but it is difficult for me to capture the real murderer, so I want to ask you for help." ”
What do you mean by that? Can't you Kaifeng Mansion take people? Zhong Yu frowned deeper as he spoke, and said in his heart that if you can't get people from Kaifeng Mansion, it will be impossible for our Street Division to succeed. After all, at this time, Kaifeng Mansion was equivalent to the public security agency of later generations, and the Street Division was only the urban management department, so how could there be a reason for the urban management to help the public security officers arrest criminals?
Sun Tu shook his head, lowered his voice and expressed some of his concerns: "Zhong Si just doesn't know, Xiaguan has just served in Kaifeng Mansion, and the brothers below may not listen to me." And the murderer suspected by the lower officials is an old man who has been in my Kaifeng Mansion for many years, if I take someone to get him, I am afraid that someone will report the news earlier, and the grass will startle the snake. ”
Zhong Yu glanced at the other party in some surprise, is this really credible? Sun Tu then said: "And Xia Guan plans to use some means to make the murderer jump out by himself this time, which requires Zhong Sizheng to bring people to assist." As he spoke, he clenched his fists and told his full plan.
Zhong Yu hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth: "Okay, this official will help you this time." However, I only borrowed some of your manpower, and this matter has nothing to do with my street division, and they only happened to pass by. This fact is too dangerous, and in line with the principle of being an official who would rather have no merit than a mistake, he chose to stay out of the matter.
Sun Tu could see that this was the biggest concession that the other party could do, so he nodded and responded: "Everything is as Zhong Sizheng said, I will arrange everything." ”
After the two discussed again, Shen Liang and the others over there also rushed back. The faces of these servants were also ugly, and after seeing Sun Tu, they looked a little depressed: "Dutou, we searched everywhere, but we didn't find any clues, and I don't know where this fire started." ”
Lu Fang also followed: "Sun Dutou, this fire is so big that it has burned the entire Changxing Fang, and there is really no way to find out." ”
Sun Tu listened to it but his expression was solemn: "This official has found some clues, but the stakes are very high, and you have to go back to the mansion first to make a decision." As he spoke, he hugged Zhong Yu and led everyone out of Changxingfang, and before leaving, he glanced at Zhong Sizheng deeply, meaning to let the other party arrange everything according to what he said before.
After that, all the way, Sun Tu's expression was quite solemn, which made everyone under him feel more pressure, and almost all of them didn't say anything. At this time, Cui Luoshang suddenly spoke: "Dutou, what the hell is going on?" We are all working for the imperial court, what can't we say? His words were naturally instructed by Sun Tu early in the morning.
After hearing this, Sun Tu took the opportunity and whispered: "It is precisely because we are all from Kaifeng Mansion that this matter should be more cautious." Do you know what this official has found before? The fire came from Maojia Lane, in the house of Zhang Laosi. What does this mean, I don't need to say more about it, right? ”
The already heavy atmosphere became even tighter after these words, everyone changed color for it, and Shen Liang opened his mouth even wider: "Dutou means...... This is what Huang Qi put them? ”
"There is no conclusive evidence for this, but their suspicion is very great." Sun Tu said unceremoniously: "After this official returns to the Yamen, he will ask Xue Tongju to send someone to arrest them, and you have a close relationship with them, so you must avoid suspicion." ”
These servants were secretly in their hearts, and they all agreed in a low voice, and when they walked further, everyone's mood became more and more nervous.
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At noon, Osmanthus Lane in the south of the city.
Today, the people in the city are most concerned about the fire that happened last night, and almost everyone in the streets and alleys is talking about this matter, speculating about how the government will resettle the affected people, glad that it is not themselves who are affected by the disaster, and speculating about the truth of this matter.
A thin and slender young man with a long camera walked past these people, and looked carefully behind him, and after being sure that no one was following him, he entered the alley, went straight to the courtyard of the third house at the entrance of the alley, and patted the door vigorously: "Brother Huang, open the door." ”
After a while, a woman walked quickly to the courtyard, opened the courtyard door, and said to the young man, "Why did you monkey come to my house to disturb me again?" ”
The young man was originally a little afraid of this woman, but at this time he couldn't take care of it, and asked, "Is Brother Huang at home?" But the man had already rushed straight inside, which made the woman more and more dissatisfied, and hurriedly caught up: "Why are you so rude, this little servant, come out and take care of him quickly......
With this noise, Huang Qi, who was still hanging his arm, had already walked out of his room, his face was very ugly, and he saw that the young man had lost his usual enthusiasm: "Bai Jiu, what are you doing?" ”
"Brother Huang, something happened. Last night's incident has been found by the head of the sun, and it is suspected that it was done by a few of you, someone asked me to report to you, so that you can leave Tokyo quickly to hide for a while......" Bai Jiu explained in a low voice.
Huang Qi's body trembled violently when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that the matter would be found out so quickly! He also thought that this fire was burning so big, there should be no clues left, so who is Sun Tu who has such ability?
But this is no longer the time to think about this, Huang Qi immediately roared and said: "Mother-in-law, you hurry up and prepare the valuable things at home, and we will leave Tokyo City." ”
"What are you doing when you leave Tokyo in a good way? We still have an estate here......" He had just said half a sentence, but after meeting his man's red eyes, he was a spirit, and he didn't dare to say any more, so he hurried back to the house and quickly cleaned up.
"Don't touch those bulky furniture or anything, just take the gold and silver and soft it, and I'll find someone to sell it and bring it over when the time comes." Huang Qi then urged, this fact is too big, he saw the fire last night at close range, if he is really convicted, I am afraid that no number of heads will be enough to cut off.
The two couples were busy at home, and after two bags of gold and silver, Huang Qi stuffed another bag of things into Bai Jiu's arms: "Thank you for coming to report today, this is a little bit of my heart, if I can get rid of this difficulty, I will repay him one day." With that, Fang Cai pulled his own Hun family, went out with Bai Jiu, and went straight to the nearest Nanxun Gate.
But just as a few of them hurriedly walked out of Osmanthus Lane and turned onto the long street to the south, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly came out of the oblique stab, and a military attache shouted loudly: "The bold thief dared to abscond in fear of crime, and I took it!" Then, more than a dozen soldiers surrounded them.
Huang Qi's arm was still injured, Bai Jiu didn't know martial arts at all, plus a woman, the three of them suddenly lost the ability to resist in the face of these many officials and soldiers, and they were taken down by the other party in the blink of an eye. And what surprised Huang Qi even more was that none of these people were from Kaifeng Mansion.
At the same time, similar plots were also staged in two other places in the city, and Yan Huan and You Laoba were also taken down one after another......